Diplomacy- how far would you go?
after many mails to and frow and still not making any headway I decided to try something very different.
let me know what your response would be and if you have had any out there approaches to diplomancy.
:)this is what i sent them
Picture this!!! A lvl 10 converted npc, we zoom down into the Town Hall, inside we see Polished dark stone floors, heavy red crushed velvet drapes with gold tassels hang the full length of the walls, these are drawn to let in the warm sunlight, the brass and silver full armoured suits gleam when the sun reflects off them.
Dark wood bench seats, 5 deep run the length of the hall down both sides, these are fill with members from you alliance and members who are on you friendly and neutral lists, all your officers and presbyters sit in the front rows, at the far end of the town hall the wall is covered in a tapestry that tells of battles won and lost, in front of this wall is a large heavy dark wood throne, 2 smaller thrones hold both of your Vice Hosts on either side of you.
In front of you is the jester playing the fool, musicians play in the background, you chat amounst yourselves, the room is a buzz with chatter of wars fought, losses taken, the exchange of resource goods are discussed and the coming server merger dominates the chatter.
There is a shuffle of feet at the large double doors of the Town hall entrance, your loyal troops move forward, they surround me, you wave them aside and I begin the long slow walk down the centre of the hall. Behind me follow my alliance members, some are being helped by others, some are being carried on stretchers. We all look tired and war weary.
The buzz in the room disappears as we walk towards you, I look from side to and get a few hidden winks of encouragement, I stop in front of you after what seemed to be the longest walk ever. Some of my smaller weaker members begin to tremble with fear in the background, I kneel before you, my head hung low and my eyes down cast my hands clasped in prayer like position, and ask for you to have mercy on us and go blue flags with us.
I slowly look up at you and see a glint of compassion in your eyes, both your vice hosts whisper to you, then there is a long pause of silence as you think what to do next , we feel that we will be rejected once more as you have been known to be the hardest lord to give clemency... the room awaits your reply , some even hold their breath for a moment , you stand up and slowly walk towards me, I am trembling with every inch of my body but am too proud to let you see how much I fear your rejection once again,
Once in front of me you offer me your hand to help me back onto my feet, even standing tall I still have to look up at your face , my heart is beating faster than it has ever before, fear begins to take hold as the pause seems to get longer . you say something to me, I am not sure I heard you right, I ask you to repeat what you just said to me, you say it louder and clearer now for all the hall to hear ,
Your words were ?Yes we will go blue flags with you ?the Hall erupts into shouts and cheers of the good news, you invite us to stay and join in a banquet as a gesture of friendship, we gratefully accept and cannot believe how lucky we are to be the 3rd alliance ever to receive an offer of friendship from you. The news flows out into the street and soon the whole city is dancing and cheering for their very smart and wise lord. Our friendship lasts all the way past the server merger and we have recovered enough to go to war against the other server ... but I guess that?s another story